In the early decades of the 20th century, a caste system ruled the - TopicsExpress

Real Cost of Prisons Project

In the early decades of the 20th century, a caste system ruled the South with such repression that every four days an African-American was lynched for some perceived breach or mundane accusation — having stolen 75 cents or made off with a mule. Those conditions forced most every black family to consider the best course of action to feel safe and free. “Where can we go,” a black woman in Alabama wrote in 1902, “to feel that security which other people feel?” Generations later, police killings of African-Americans occur as often as twice a week for at times mundane infractions and at three times the rate as for whites, according to conservative estimates from recent studies. What happens in the moments after these encounters reveals a disregard for black life as disturbing as the shootings themselves. Excellent column by Isabel Wilkerson, author fantastic Warmth of Other Suns. nytimes/2015/01/11/opinion/sunday/when-will-the-north-face-its-racism.html?ref=opinion

Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 16:44:10 +0000

In the early decades of the 20th century, a caste system ruled the - TopicsExpress

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